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Ivanka Trump greets President Donald Trump at a rally for Republican Senate candidates in Georgia on Jan. 4, 2021. (Brynn Anderson/AP) |
After her father announced his desire to run for office again in 2024, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the former president, said that she would be leaving politics and skipping her father's campaign this time.
The Tuesday night gathering at her father's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, when he re-entered the race, lacked Ivanka Trump, 41, in attendance.
I really adore my dad," she wrote on Instagram. "This time, I've made the decision to put my young children's needs and the private life we're building as a family first.
I do not intend to participate in politics," she added. "While I will always love and support my father, I will do it in a non-political manner moving forward."
She continued by saying she was "proud" of the "many" successes made during her father's presidency, during which she worked as a top White House advisor.
Ivanka Trump, who served in the White House and characterized herself as an entrepreneur, was the daughter of Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana, who passed away last year. Before joining the White House, Ivanka Trump managed development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization. She earned her MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. She is married to Jared Kushner, a prominent presidential adviser who also has three children.
The pair both gave testimony to a House of Representatives committee looking into the Donald Trump supporters' siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Ivanka Trump is also involved in a legal battle brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), who claims that Donald Trump, three of his children, and company executives engaged in flagrant asset valuation fraud to deceive lenders, insurance agents, and tax authorities in order to obtain a better loan and insurance rates or lower their tax obligations.
James' investigation has been referred to as a "witch hunt" by the former president and his family, who have consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Ivanka Trump was accused of routinely breaking the Hatch Act when she was in the White House, which places restrictions on the political activities that federal workers can engage in and seeks to guarantee that public programs are run impartially.
A federal investigation concluded last year that at least 13 senior Trump administration employees improperly combined campaigning with governing prior to the 2020 election.
The twice-impeached former president, who refused to accept defeat and sparked an unsuccessful attempt to rig the 2020 election that resulted in a fatal attack on the Capitol, formally announced his candidacy for president in 2024 on Tuesday night.
After voters soundly rejected his recommended candidates in last week's midterm elections, the declaration was made.
Since then, some Republicans in elected office have publicly accused Trump of being too responsible for the party's poor performance, and possible competitors are openly preparing to oppose him for the nomination. Trump has already started criticizing his potential GOP competitors, such as Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
At his Mar-a-Lago estate, which was the subject of an FBI search order three months ago to retrieve data he stole from the White House, including some that were highly secret, Trump declared, "This comeback starts right now." I'm declaring my run for president of the United States tonight in an effort to restore America's greatness and glory.
Donald Trump failed America, President Biden tweeted on Tuesday from his personal account.
Mike Pence, the vice president and erstwhile campaign partner of Donald Trump, made it plain that he wasn't ready for a political comeback. When asked if he would back Trump in 2024, Pence responded, "I genuinely do believe we'll have better alternatives."
He referred to Trump's comments made during the attack on the Capitol as "reckless" this week and said that the previous president's actions "endangered" the Pence family and other people who were confined within the structure on that day. The possibility of Pence running for president has risen.
Tuesday night's crowded Mar-a-Lago ballroom resembled a cross between a Trump rally and a ritzy banquet. Numerous former members of the Trump administration attended, including former acting director of intelligence Richard Grenell, speechwriter Stephen Miller, and former Office of Management and Budget director Russ Vought.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (N.C.), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Michigan GOP Chair Meshawn Maddock were among the Republican officials. Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and a proponent of election conspiracies, as well as right-wing online prankster Alex Stein, were also present.
The gathering was attended by Kushner and Eric Trump, the brother of Ivanka Trump. Kushner, unlike his wife, has not openly ruled out a comeback in politics. Since leaving the White House, he has established an investment firm and authored a biography about his time there.
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